The incident occurred beside Platinun Entrance, in Igbokushu, Eti-Osa.

The accused persons according to multiple sources were about four in number.

Beside the PU 11 where the incident happened, there were two other PUs close by, still on the same street – PU 9 and 10.

An eye witness who lives close to the PU disclosed that the miscreants came in briefly, and started throwing bottles, and using cutlass to scare people off.

“Some boys just came from nowhere, started throwing bottles, and wedging cutlasses. I think they beleived the labour party was getting more votes,” the source said.

He was not willing to disclose his identity but he told The ICIR, he originally came from Kogi State.

The incident, he said, happened at about 12 noon, and 1pm.

The residents agreed there were no casualties but another eye witness revealed a police woman was injured during the process.

“Immidiately I saw them, I would have started recording because I was outside but I didn’t know their intentions.

“But I saw a policewoman fell like three times while running. She was injured by her left elbow,” he said.

But on spot findings by The ICIR, revealed most of the ballot papers on the floor had Labour Party thumb printed on it.

This newspaper also counted at least three broken ballot boxes, and other thumbprinted ballot papers.

Meanwhile, multiple persons around Platinum Entrance, PU 056, could not vote as of 3:29pm.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were not present even as of the time The ICIR visited.

Multiple persons who spoke to this newspaper, said they also made efforts to contact the officials at the LGA but claimed they lacked sufficient workforce.

The ICIR proceeded to the State Office of INEC to seek official reaction to the development but Adenike Oriowo, the Public Relations Officer, said the commission would respond much later officially.

She didn’t confirm whether or not they lacked enough workforce to cover the affected area